单词 | out-by |
释义 | out-byadv.adj. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern). A. adv. Out a little way; a short distance out; out of doors; (Mining) near to the mine shaft (rather than to the workings where mining is taking place). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adverb] > a short distance > a short distance out out-byc1450 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > outside > a short distance outside out-byc1450 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > out of doors outOE without doorc1275 thereoutc1325 abroad?c1335 out at door (also doors)c1386 out of doors1530 thereforthc1540 forth adoors1607 forth of door(s1607 without doors1617 al fresco1717 outdoorsa1729 out-by1753 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2762 Þe ledis out of Landace & all þe landis out-by [a1500 Trin. Dub. vmbe]. 1640 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 184 Margaret..bad him goe out by. 1680 J. Skeen Let. Nov. in Cloud of Witnesses (1730) 92 Mr. Mckinzie came out by to the Bar. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 344/2 There were two gentlemen wanting him out-by. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 178 A' gaes wrang when the Master's out bye. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 160 Outbye or Outbyeside, Newc., nearer to the shaft, and hence further from the forewinning. 1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe iv. 260 Folk sat outbye and couldn't make out the words that the two spoke one to the other. 1987 E. Murray Churchill's Bodyguard (1988) i. 2 Dispatching [coal]..‘out-bye’ for loading into the..rail trucks. B. adj. Outside, out-of-doors; outlying. out-by farm n. a moorland farm. out-by worker n. a person employed in fieldwork on a farm. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible outc1425 inaccessible?a1475 out-way1532 deviate1575 unaccessible1596 reachless1597 devious1599 wandering1600 untouchable1622 outlying1651 back1683 no-nationa1756 out-of-the-way1756 outlandish1792 eccentric1800 outworld1808 out-by1816 outside1847 off-lying1859 unget-at-able1862 far-out1887 far-back1900 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > that exists or is done in the open air outward1546 subdial1647 without doors1654 subaeriala1703 outdoor1748 al fresco1760 extra-foraneous1781 out of door1786 out of doors1822 open air1851 open-aired1873 hypaethral1875 out-by1896 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 195 Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the outbye land, and there's scarce a cloot left. 1850 Mod. Sc. Minstrel (1885) 366 An out-bye herding in the wilds of Eskdalemuir. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 266 Our folk lived the clean out-by life of shepherds and early risers. 1898 J. Paton Castlebraes 145 (E.D.D.) The outbye agricultural workers. 1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. xiv. 200 There is little difference between their method and that of our own women spinners in the ‘out-by’ farms. 1955 S. Reporter 8 Dec. 6 The difficulty of finding shepherds for ootbye places in the Borders. 2000 Oxoniensia 64 228 The inbye land close to the centre of habitation was used for birthing, cultivation and winter fodder production in the spring and summer, and for winter grazing, while the outbye land was used for summer grazing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.c1450 |
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